Friday 11 May 2012

Week Word: Glimpse

Heather chose our word, glimpse, this week. 


A glimpse seems to me to be about seeing something quickly, something you might not have been expecting, and something that might be a bit ambiguous.


Rather than drawing the thing that's been spotted, I tried to catch that moment when you glimpse something and instinctively move to try and see it better... to see if that really is a murderer behind the door, or just a lurking dressing gown. 




Anyone got any favourite mistaken glimpses? Two of mine: Nick spotting a spaceman having a fit at a party which turned out to be some balloons , and a friend who once was sure she saw a dead unicorn on the side of the motorway. Actually some sand bags...


Go and visit Heather to see what other people have been glimpsing this week.

8 comments:

  1. I love the fact that your friend's first idea was a unicorn...

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    1. I know! Well, if you're going to see something that's not there it might as well be something fun...

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  2. I see faces in the trees all the time, but I have never seen a unicorn nor a spaceman. Clearly I am not looking hard enough!

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    1. Maybe you just need to spend more time *thinking* about unicorns and spacemen? Sure they'd pop up all the time then!

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  3. Great image Jeneveve, I think you perfectly captured the is it or isn't it glimpse moment,
    ....''the lurking dressing gown...'' priceless!

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    1. Dressing gowns do have a marked propensity for lurking, I've noticed...

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  4. Unicorns and spacemen are definitely more fun. My usual mistaken glimpse is "OMG it's a spider!" .... "oh, no, it's just a clump of hair that's rucked up on the carpet"...

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    1. Oh, I get that a lot too! Or just recently, is that the pattern on the rug or a hair ball...? Usually hair ball unfortunately!

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